I know I haven’t kept up the posting as much as I’d promised, but as you all know, having a baby at home doesn’t leave much chance for extracurricular activity. Fortunately I’ve been able to make a few changes to ease things up a bit. For example, I now leave work at around 4PM so I can get home early enough to spend time with Ava. But this means I come in to work at 7AM, so I need to get up at 5AM, therefore I need to go to bed by 9PM if I want to get enough sleep so I don’t go off the road on the way to work (blah, blah, blah). But my point is, that leaves about 4 hours or so in the middle to cook dinner, eat dinner, calm Ava, and go to sleep. And sometimes the only thing there is time for is calming Ava. Actually, Ava is getting much better about going to sleep. Kate has changed her diet up a bit (cut out dairy and caffeine) and it seems to be working. She is far less fussy in the evening and more willing to sleep. She’d always been fine during the day, taking regular naps with no problem, but it seemed like as soon as I would get home she’d get cranky (maybe it’s me?!). But seriously, the last few days have been much easier, and I think the Kate’s diet changes are finally kicking in. As far as getting up at 5AM, it’s actually turning out to be a great thing. I did this once before when I had a job with long hours back in New Mexico. It takes a while to get used to, but once you get the internal clock reset, being a morning person is very productive. It’s nice to get to work an hour before everyone else (choice parking spots!), plus the day just seems to go by much quicker for some reason. My favorite is the weekends (yes, it’s very important to keep up the schedule if you’re not normally a morning person, which means getting up around the same time even on the weekends). By the time it feels like the day is over, the clock shows it’s really only noon and the day isn’t even half over. There’s plenty more day ahead and you’ve already gotten so much done! It’s a pretty crazy phenomenon. So yes, for now, I am a morning person.